Haematological health assessment in a passerine with extremely high proportion of basophils in peripheral blood

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 841-849

  Vinkler, Michal ^a,b   Schnitzer, Jan ^a   Munclinger, Pavel ^a   Votýpka, Jan ^a   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Basophilic granulocyte; Hematocrit; Hematology; Leucocyte differential count; Polychromatic erythrocyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956677438     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0521-0     Document Type: Article

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